The impact on consumption of more cash in conditional cash transfer programs

Economia Aplicada

André Oliveira Ferreira Loureiro²  Marcos Costa Holanda¹ 

[1],University of Edinburgh

关键词: Poverty;    Cash Transfer Programs;    Policy Evaluation;    Pobreza;    Programas de Transferência de Renda;    Avaliação de Política;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1413-80502013000400002

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This paper evaluates the impact of an increase in the value of the cash transfer paid to families by the Brazilian Bolsa Família program. The existence of a similar program in the state of Ceará, Bolsa Cidadão, that increases the value received by a sub-group of families, provides a unique dataset, enabling us to evaluate the effect of a higher value of transfer on the spending of comparable households. There is a significant increase in consumption, but it is smaller than the increment in the income, suggesting that the consumption of the households is not properly declared.

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